Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/-uṭ

This Proto-Georgian-Zan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Georgian-Zan

Suffix

*-uṭ

Suffixed to nouns to form diminutives

Descendants

Georgian: -უტი (-uṭi), ⇒ -უტა (-uṭa) – Imereti
Zan:
- Laz: -უტი (-uṭi), ⇒ -უტა (-uṭa)
- ⇒ Mingrelian: -უტა (-uṭa), -უტია (-uṭia), -ტია (-ṭia)

References

Ḳelauraʒe, Levan (2014), “Damaṭebani kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis - II [Addenda to Etymological Dictionary of Kartvelian Languages - II]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XI, Tbilisi: Dedaena, page 29 of 17–37